Social Entrepreneurship
Grows Academic Legs
of 1,850 MBA students enrolled in 80
graduate business programs showed that
78 percent wanted more sustainability
and corporate responsibility content in
their MBA curricula. And 58 percent
want financial models that take into ac-
count long-term social impacts.
Corporate and
independent career Molly sternberg, a student at Warren Wilson College, cleans up Biloxi with her
opportunities
friends. Photo by Mark Wolfe/FEMA
Meanwhile, the available jobs are increas-
ing. A 2008 report released by Net Im- fields for impoverished communities. To to be popular in New Orleans since Hur-
pact noted an growth rate of 37 percent date, Chafetz’s nonprofit has built three ricane Katrina. “Government wouldn’t
from January, 2004 and June, 2007 in the of them in Guatemala. step up to the plate, so citizens stepped up,”
number of such jobs. Career pathways notes Stephanie Barksdale, special assistant
for MBAs and non-MBAs are emerg- Undergraduate to Tulane’s president.
ing. Entrepreneurial opportunities exist opportunities “A lot of activity was already taking
among a growing number of nonprofit Undergraduate offerings have begun to place in silos on campus,” noted Barks-
organizations who are streamlining their appear. First on the scene was Aquinas dale, “but this new initiative is an inter-
operations and developing commercial College, which launched a BS in Sus- disciplinary effort.” Tulane President
revenue opportunities. tainable Business in fall 2003. An in- Scott Cowen says that social entrepre-
neurship is a key part of the university’s
renewal plan in the aftermath of Hurri-
cane Katrina. “No matter their career as-
pirations, we want every Tulane student
to embrace and become engaged in social
entrepreneurship,” Cowen has said.
Top priorities at Tulane include hiring
a chair to develop the undergraduate so-
cial entrepreneurship major. In addition,
the university will host a speaker series fea-
turing entrepreneurs like Billy Drayton,
Jackson state University students volunteered in Biloxi on their spring Break.
founder of Ashoka, and Darrell Ham-
Photo by Mark Wolfe/FEMA
mond, founder and CEO of KABOOM!
Playgrounds. Tulane will also launch
Corporations are developing alliances ternship with a company or nonprofit NewDay Challenge with money awards
with nonprofits to strengthen their public organization is included. Belmont to students with promising projects.
image and sharpen their brand identity. University rolled out a social entrepre- Nic Lagatta, Shea Shelton, and Jay
The Clorox/Sierra Club partnership, which neurship major in 2009 that combines Zhao have already received a check for
produced a new line of green products, is a business courses with thematic tracks in $25,000 for their project called WET
good example. Job opportunities for social the liberal arts, including economic de- Tea, which seeks help preserve Gulf
entrepreneurs with marketing and commu- velopment, global social entrepreneur- Coast wetlands from the sale of high-
nications skills will likely continue to grow. ship, contemporary social issues, faith, quality, artisan tea. For each box sold,
True to the spirit of entrepreneurship, culture, and ethics, or environmental the group will plant a cypress tree as they
the fastest growing and most creative studies. Linking theory and practice, work with communities in South Louisi-
arena of activity is outside the realm of Belmont requires students to engage in ana in hands-on wetlands restoration.
TC
established organizations. Among many service learning, an internship, and an
young social entrepreneurs, the lure of extended community-based project.
Peter W. Bardaglio,
starting one’s own enterprise is irresist- Like Belmont, Tulane University also
Ph.D. is a Senior Fellow
ible. University of Colorado graduate launched a university-wide social entre-
at Second Nature and
Drew Chafetz created love.futbol at the preneurship initiative in September, 2009,
co-author of Boldly
age of 25. His goal is to provide soccer building on a movement that continued
Sustainable.
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